Movies like Gidget Goes Hawaiian: 20 to watch next
If you loved Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961) — a comedy, music and romance film directed by Paul Wendkos — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Gidget Goes Hawaiian most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like surfing, hawaii and gidget. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Gidget 1959★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Due to an accident while swimming in the sea, Francis meets the surfer Moondoggie. She's fascinated with his sport and starts to hang out with his clique. Although they make fun of her at first, they teach her to surf and soon she's accepted and given the nickname "Gidget". But it's hard work to become more than a friend to Moondoggie.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Blue Hawaii 1961★ 6.0
Shares: Music, Comedy, Romance
Just discharged GI Chad Gates returns to Hawaii, where he becomes a tour guide, defying his mother's wishes for him to join the family business.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Anchors Aweigh 1945★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Clambake 1967★ 5.8
Shares: Comedy, Music, Romance
The heir to an oil fortune trades places with a water-ski instructor at a Florida hotel to see if girls will like him for himself, rather than his father's money.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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This Little Love of Mine 2021★ 6.1
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Laura Price is a successful San Francisco lawyer on the cusp of promotion – a far cry from her childhood growing up on a tropical island with best friends Chip and Gem. When the firm’s biggest client – Chip’s grandfather – asks Laura to travel to the island and deliver a contract to make Chip his heir, she leaves behind her practice and fiancé Owen to convince her childhood friend to sign a contract that will make him a billionaire.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Girl on a Bicycle 2013★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Paolo, an Italian tour bus driver living in Paris, has just summoned up the courage to propose marriage to his German girlfriend Greta. However, a chance encounter with a French woman on a bicycle the very next day turns Paolo's life upside down.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Good Advice 2001★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Romance
An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's really important in life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer 1947★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Let's Make Love 1960★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Romance
When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Legend of Everfree 2016★ 7.5
Shares: Music, Comedy
When Canterlot Highschool goes on a trip to Camp Everfree, they’re surprised to find a magical force is causing strange things to happen around camp. With the help of the Mane 6 and especially Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Sparkle must confront the dark “Midnight Sparkle” within herself and embrace her newfound magical abilities to save the camp.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Love, Weddings & Other Disasters 2020★ 6.0
Shares: Romance, Comedy
A fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Merry Widow 1934★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Music, Romance
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Arlo the Alligator Boy 2021★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Music
Upon learning that he is from New York City, a wide-eyed boy, who is half human and half alligator, decides to leave his sheltered life in the swamp and search for his long lost father. A musical adventure.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Starstruck 2010★ 7.0
Shares: Romance, Comedy, Music
Pop star Christopher Wilde has fame, fortune and a big-budget Hollywood movie awaiting him. But after meeting Jessica Olson, a down-to-earth girl from the Midwest, he is faced with following his heart or doing what's best for his career.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Watching the Detectives 2007★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets turned upside down and the line between reality and the movies quickly begins to blur.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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What's Love Got to Do with It? 2023★ 6.1
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Kiss Me, Stupid 1964★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Romance
While traveling home from Vegas, an amorous lounge singer named Dino gets conned by a local mechanic/songwriter into staying in town for the night. The mechanic's songwriting partner, Orville, offers Dino his home for overnight lodging and enlists a local waitress/call girl to pose as his wife in order to placate Dino's urges.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Love Is in the Air 2023★ 6.2
Shares: Romance, Comedy
A fiercely independent pilot fighting to keep her family business afloat starts to fall for the man sent by corporate to ground her operation forever.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Little Rascals 1994★ 6.8
Shares: Romance, Comedy
When nine-year-old Alfalfa falls for Darla, his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage their relationship.
Stream in India on Netflix, JioHotstar, Netflix Kids
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50 First Dates 2004★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.
Stream in India on Sony Liv, Sonyliv Amazon Channel